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polypite

polypite


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polypite  \Pol"y*pite\,  n. 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  One  of  the  feeding  zooids,  or  polyps,  of  a  coral, 
  hydroid,  or  siphonophore;  a  hydranth.  See  Illust.  of 
  {Campanularian}. 
  b  Sometimes  the  manubrium  of  a  hydroid  medusa. 
 
  2.  (Paleon.)  A  fossil  coral.